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01 May 2025

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59 of the 444 Viscounts built survive as complete airframes or major components. Some are in very good condition and are looked after by museums while others are just wrecks. They can be found in 24 countries.

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Featured pages

Our website contains over 20,000 pages of photos and information that can all be accessed from the menu at the top of every page. Here are a few to get you started.

In the Beginning

The Turboprop World-Beater

Sir George Edwards

The Rolls-Royce Dart

c/n 1 G-AHRF V.630
The Prototype Viscount

c/n 2 VX217 V.663
The Tay powered Viscount

c/n 3 G-AMAV V.700
The V.700 series prototype

c/n 4 G-ALWE V.701
The first BEA Viscount

c/n 5 G-ALWF V.701
The oldest surviving Viscount

c/n 8 F-BGNK V.708
The first Air France Viscount

c/n 30 EI-AFV V.707
The first Aer Lingus Viscount

c/n 40 CF-TGI V.724
The first TCA Viscount

c/n 44 VH-TVA V.720
The first TAA Viscount

c/n 67 YI-ACK V.735
The first Iraqi Airways Viscount

c/n 70 CF-GXK V.737
The first Canadian DoT Viscount

c/n 71 VP-TBK V.702
The first BOAC Associated
Companies Viscount

c/n 74 G-ANRR V.732
The first Hunting-Clan Viscount

c/n 77 LN-FOF V.736
The first Fred Olsen Viscount

c/n 79 IU-683 V.723
The first Indian Air Force Viscount

c/n 88 N7402 V.744
The first Capital Airlines Viscount

c/n 97 VH-BAT V.747
The first Butler Air
Transport Viscount

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Owner or operator Viscount fleet lists

BEA - British European Airways Viscount c/n 152 G-AOJC

BEA - British European
Airways Corporation

Records for all owner or operators are available

Over 570 owners and operators have been involved with the Viscount. Some like Capital Airlines (USA) and BEA - British European Airways Corporation operated many while others like Air Anglia operated only one.

Viscounts operated by large airlines who had their aircraft for many years will have painted them in several different versions of their livery.

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Displayed will be the fleet list for the selected owner or operator together with each aircrafts history sorted by the date that the aircraft joined the fleet. NOTE: Some aircraft may have entered the fleet several times and possibly with a different registration.

Featured Aircraft - c/n 1 - G-AHRF

Photo of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd Viscount G-AHRF c/n 1

England

G-AHRF - Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd - August 1949 to July 1950

Re-registered from the Ministry of Supply VX211 for civil trials use. Taken arriving at Northolt Airport, Middlesex, England in late August 1949 in the early BEA 'flying key' livery.

The outboard Rolls-Royce Dart engines have already been shut down.

Photo source - Mike J Hooks

Aircraft Summary

Ministry of Supply

This aircraft c/n 1, a V.630, was built for Ministry of Supply as G-AHRF and first flew on Friday, 16 July 1948 at Wisley, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd. and British European Airways (BEA)

Its final owner/operator was Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd as G-AHRF.

Its fate:-

Damaged beyond economic repair landing at Khartoum Airport, Sudan 27 August 1952.

This information came from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) World Airline Accident Summary. 'The gutted remains were reportedly buried in the sand.' Are they still there? This seems very unlikely as the airport has been extensively developed over the subsequent years. In March 1961 a Viscount fuselage was noted at the BEA Viking Training Centre, Green Man Lane, Hatton Cross, Feltham, Middlesex along with an Ambassador fuselage. They were both reported to be the prototypes and in use as cabin-crew trainers. Does anyone have any more information to confirm whether this really is the prototype, returned from Sudan after its accident.

History and photos of Viscount c/n 1 G-AHRF
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd Viscount fleet list and photos
United Kingdom issued Viscount registrations
Photos contributed by Mike J Hooks

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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